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Port Sudan

Name: Port Sudan
Address: SD

Bur Sudan · UN/LOCODE SDPZU · Scale rank #204 worldwide

Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: coastal (breakwater)
Cargo pier depth: 16.0 m
Largest vessel: 294.5 m

Overview

Port Sudan is a medium seaport in Sudan – harbour type: coastal (breakwater). Cargo pier depth up to 16.0 m; channel depth 25.6 m. Largest vessels accepted: length 294.5 m, beam 40.3 m, draft 13.2 m. Water body: Red Sea; Indian Ocean.

Country: Sudan
Water body: Red Sea; Indian Ocean
UN/LOCODE: SDPZU
WPI number: 47940
Coordinates: 19.6000, 37.2333
Harbour size: Medium
Harbour type: coastal (breakwater)
Harbour use: Cargo
Shelter: Excellent

Location

Gold dot: port location; small dots: other ports of the country. Illustrative map. OpenStreetMap ↗

Infrastructure & depths

Channel depth25.6 m

Anchorage depth23.2 m

Cargo pier depth16.0 m

Oil terminal depth14.6 m

Tidal range0.1 m

Entrance width258.0 m

Max. vessel length294.5 m

Max. vessel beam40.3 m

Max. vessel draft13.2 m

Berths & cargo facilities

✓ Wharves
✓ Anchorage

Cranes & lifts

✓ Fixed cranes
✓ Mobile cranes
✓ Lifts 50–100 t
✓ Lifts 25–49 t

Repairs: Limited
Railway: Large

Services & access

Pilotage, tugs & traffic

✓ Pilotage compulsory
✓ Pilotage available
✓ Tug assistance
✓ Salvage tugs
✓ First port of entry

Services & supplies

✓ Longshoremen
✓ Electricity
✓ Medical facilities
✗ Garbage disposal
✓ Provisions
✓ Potable water
✓ Fuel oil
✓ Diesel oil
✓ Deck supplies
✓ Engine supplies
✓ Airport nearby
✓ Rail connection

Entrance restrictions

✓ Tide: no
✓ Heavy swell: no
✓ Ice: no
! Other: yes
✓ Overhead limits: no

✓ available · ✗ not available; items without data are hidden (World Port Index).

Vessel schedules

No liner service calling at Port Sudan in the schedule data yet.

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Trade with Vietnam

Vietnam has no FTA with Sudan: MFN rates apply (if a WTO member).

Sudan market profile →International shipping Steel & steel structure manufacturing

Nearby ports

Port	Country	Harbour size	Distance
Beshayer Oil Terminal	SD	Medium	24 km
Jiddah	SA	Small	292 km
Mitsiwa Harbor	ER	Small	502 km
Sawakin Harbor	SD	Small	53 km
Al Khair Oil Terminal	SD	Small	3 km
Rabigh	SA	Very small	393 km
King Fahd Port	SA	Very small	494 km
Yanbu	SA	Very small	506 km

Sources: World Port Index (NGA Pub. 150) – retrieved 2026-10-14; TEU: Lloyd’s List One Hundred Ports. For reference – confirm with the port or agent before operations. · Sailing Directions Pub. 172 (Enroute) - Red Sea and the Persian Gulf ↗